ec2 Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon testing on Ubuntu 17.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. m4.large: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2686 v4 @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Xen HVM domU, Chipset: Intel 440FX- 82441FX PMC, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 20GB, Graphics: Cirrus Logic GD 5446, Network: Intel 82599 Virtual Function OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-30-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, System Layer: Xen HVM domU 4.2.amazon SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better m4.large . 34.02 |============================================================= NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better m4.large . 15488.57 |========================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better m4.large . 7499.74 |===========================================================